• Worrying

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /ˈwÊŒrijˌɪŋ/

    Origin

    worry + -ing

    Full definition of worrying

    Adjective

    worrying

    1. Inducing worry.
      • 2012, September 7, Phil McNulty, Moldova 0-5 England, Moldova did give England's under-employed keeper Joe Hart a worrying moment when Igor Armas sent a free header wide but otherwise it was an easy night.

    Verb

    form of verb
    1. Present participle of worry

    Noun

    worrying

    (plural worryings)
    1. The act of worrying or harassing somebody.
      • Charles Dickens, Dombey and SonThere is a snaky gleam in her hard grey eye, as of anticipated rounds of buttered toast, relays of hot chops, worryings and quellings of young children, sharp snappings at poor Berry, and all the other delights of her Ogress's castle.
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